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Take JPL Education's Pi Day challenge featuring real-world questions about NASA spacecraft -- then tweet your answers to @NASAJPL_Edu using the hashtag #PiDay. Answers will be revealed on March 16.

March 12, 2015

Take JPL Education's Pi Day challenge featuring real-world questions about NASA spacecraft -- then tweet your answers to @NASAJPL_Edu using the hashtag #PiDay. Answers will be revealed on March 16.

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